Document signed by Sir John Lowther, Admiralty Commissioner, bap.1642-1706 and Henry Priestman, Admiralty Commissioner, 1647-1712
We direct you to cause the BONAVENTURE, now at Portsmouth, to be paid to Michaelmas last, the time to which the Fleet is ordered to be paid, and that all other Ships that do not belong to the Fleet be paid likewise at that time, as fast as you shall receive Money enabling you to do this.